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A major upgrade to Adelaide Oval's lighting and sound will offer
a world-class experience while slashing lighting energy consumption
by around 35 per cent.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Commonwealth Bank are
lending around $6 million to the project through the Energy
Efficient Equipment Finance program.

The upgrade, which will enable the oval to provide spectacular
light and sound displays, is aimed at enhancing the experience for
fans and advertisers, while reducing energy use and carbon
emissions and delivering lighting that enables high quality picture
production for international television broadcast of events.

The upgrade includes

220 LED sports lighting at the 'leading edge' of the stadium's
roofline, providing instant, brilliant event lighting with the
ability to pulse on and off with audio

Feature LED colour lighting through Eastern and Western stands
and Moreton Bay Figs to further add to the event-day
experience

Latest high-definition ribbon boards that will encircle the
ground and upper levels of the stadium providing crisp clear
imagery and the ability maximise fan day experiences and

New audio/visual production equipment that will merge all
elements together to fully synchronise all screens, music and light
shows during events.

The 220 stadium LED lights and the feature LED colour lighting
are projected to use around 35 per cent less energy than the
lighting they are replacing, according to project consultants Mott
MacDonald. The ribbon boards, when compared with a screen of
the same area, represent a 15 per cent energy saving.

The new lights will augment the four existing metal halide
floodlights on light towers that are not part of the upgrade.

Adelaide Oval SMA describes the feature lighting through the
stadium roofline as delivering a step-change in the oval's ability
to reflect the colours of the nation or teams on the field through
the stadium's architecture. The high definition LED ribbon boards
will run 360-degrees around the stadium at ground level and on
levels three and four of the Riverbank and Eastern stands.

The project was unveiled on 22 November, ahead of Adelaide Oval
hosting the first-ever day-night Ashes Test between 2 and 6
December.